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on two occasions. On one oecasion the bird allowed itself to be taken on 

 the nest. 



1220. Butastur teesa. — The White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 

 Local name "Gyothein". Common over all the district. The nest is as 

 often in a leafless tree as a thickly foliaged one and usually from 20 to 30 

 feet from the ground. ''■'■ 



1223. Haliaetm leucryphus. — Pallas's Fishing-Eagle. 

 Local name " Linyon " or " Wunlo". Common along the river bank, where 

 it breeds on the largest trees from November to January. In the throat of a 

 nestling I once found fully four inches of the tarsus of an egret unbroken and 

 projecting from its bill. The nestlings are covered with dense dark-grey down. 

 1228. Haliastur indus. — The Brahminy Kite. 

 Local name " Scn-gaung ", " S6n-gaung-pyu ". Common in the west parts 

 of the district. Breeds from January to March. 



1229. Milvus govinda. — The Pariah Kite. 

 Local name " Son ". Common, breeding from January to March. 



1232. Elanus cceruleus. — The Black-winged Kite. 

 Found near the Talokmyo and Tanaungdaing jheels. I took two eggs on 

 the 6th January and found a nest with three young birds, just able to fly, on 

 the 4th April. Both nests were about 15 feet from the ground : one in a thickly 

 foliaged tree, the other in a leafless one. 



1236. Circus melanoleucus. — The Pied Harrier. 

 Common during the cold weather ; a bird of the dry country. 



1237. Circus ceruginosus. — The Marsh Harrier. 



Local name " Thein ' . Found near the jheels and tanks in the cold season.- 



1244. Astur badius. — The Shikra. 

 Occurs, but is not common in the district. I have seen only three or four 

 bicds during five years and have never found the nest. 



1257. Falcojugger. — The Laggar Falcon. 

 Local name " Gyo-theing ". The only true falcon I have observed in the 

 district. It is, however, common and breeds freely on the high cotton trees near 

 the river and elsewhere from January to March. 



1262. Erythropus amurensis. — The Eastern Red-legged Falcon. 

 One bird obtained on Popa on the 5th April 1903. 



1265. Tinnunculus alaudarius. — The Kestrel. 

 A rare bird in the cold weather. 



XXX. — Family Columbidce. 

 ; : .■ 1271. Crocopus phcenicopterus. — The Bengal Green Pigeon. 



Local name " Ngu ". Common. 



1278. Osmotreron licincta. — The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon. 

 . A solitary specimen obtained on the 14th March 1901 on the border of the 

 Sagaing district near Kanna. 



1284. Carpophaga ceriea— The Green Imperial Pigeon. 

 Local name . " Hnget-ma-nwa". — Also a solitary specimen shot on the 3rd 



